Perhaps Fan Fanzhi did not expect that as a king, he would have such a day. He struggled to remember, but the strength of the Han soldiers was not weak at all, and they did not give him this chance.
"Your Majesty, this is Fan Fanzhi, the puppet king of Fan State." Li Xun said from the side.
"Fan Fanzhi, I ask you, have you been wronged by provoking a provocation and harming my fellow Han people?" Li Xingchen drew out his sword and pointed the tip of the sword directly at Fan Fanzhi's head.
Fan Fanzhi snorted coldly: "The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit, what else is there to say."
"Kill him, kill him!" The Han people around him were already shouting.
Li Xingchen said directly: "Publish my decree to try the prisoners of war in Linyi according to the laws of the Han Dynasty. The trial can begin as soon as there is a judge!"
Shen Jun, the Minister of Punishment, immediately raised his hands and said: "I obey the decree!"
Fan Fanzhi gave up the resistance. He had already expected this outcome, but when it came, even the toughest person would inevitably feel a little timid. Several soldiers dragged him, who was already limp.
Walk back to the prison car.
Li Xingchen looked at Fan Fanzhi's back and narrowed his eyes.
It is not that Li Xingchen had never captured the emperor before. Even the brothers Chen Shubao and Yuwen were now in Li Xingchen's hands. It is said that the two have found some resonance in composing music, and they often sing together every day.
But Li Xinchen kept Chen Shubao and Yuwen alive, mainly hoping to rely on the identities of these two people to consolidate people's hearts.
After all, the south and the north have been at odds for so long, and the families in the south have developed a certain degree of loyalty to the emperor of the south, and the families in the north have a certain degree of loyalty to the emperor of the north. If Li Xingchen killed either of the two emperors, it would be a disaster.
It may cause dissatisfaction or even revenge from some die-hard families, so it is better to raise it like a pig.
Anyway, the two of them had no more desires. The big men Yu Linqi and Bai Pao almost watched their every move and did not allow them to have any other thoughts.
But Fan Fanzhi is different. Although he is also the king of a country, he is not the lord of China, but the king of a foreign country. For Lin Yi, what Li Xingchen wants to do is not to recover but to occupy. In this case, there is no popular support.
The things above are very particular. A strong man will use a knife to win people's hearts.
In particular, Fan Fanzhi has been causing trouble on the border, and his reputation has already been bad. If Li Xingchen doesn't do anything to him, it may cause dissatisfaction among the Han Dynasty and the public, so it is better to pull him out to scare the monkeys, which is fine.
Use Fan Fanzhi's head to warn the small forces on the border of the Han Dynasty that are ready to move, such as Tuyuhun and some tribes in the rainforest of southern Xinjiang.
No matter what angle he considered, Li Xingchen had no intention of keeping Fan Fanzhi's head.
"Long live our emperor, long live the emperor!" Countless people and soldiers shouted at the same time.
The darkness has been judged righteously. Is there anything more exciting for them than this?
"Heavenly Kingdom." Gu Yewang, who was standing behind Li Xingchen, murmured.
This is the heavenly kingdom that many people dream of!
When the Han Dynasty was at its most powerful, all the nations came to court. What an exciting scene it was. Once upon a time, although the envoys of the nations had not yet arrived, the clowns who wanted to challenge the authority of the Han Dynasty had already been killed.
Will the day be far behind?
The civil servants of "The Kingdom of Heaven" were filled with emotion.
Looking at the chanting people and the prison car with no end in sight, they deeply felt for the first time the intoxicating magic of these four words, attracting generations of Chinese people to move forward desperately.
Li Xingchen listened to the whispers behind him and was silent for a while.
Heavenly Kingdom, these four words in history are the glory of China, and one of the reasons why China finally declined in the late Ming and Qing Dynasties. Heavenly Kingdom allowed generations of Chinese people to fight in bloody battles, open up territories, and eventually gain the people around them.
The surrender of all countries, and the identity of the Kingdom of Heaven, finally caused China to sink into a dream-like world, losing itself and its direction. The Opium War was fired, and a hundred years of humiliation and difficult recovery began.
For the current Han people, "Celestial Empire" is a dream, and they have now seen the possibility of realizing the dream. For Li Xingchen from later generations, this is a more complex concept, the rise and fall of the country and the nation.
Honor and disgrace are all condensed in these four words. This is pride and irony.
But this made Li Xingchen even more confident.
There is no use worrying about the four words "Heavenly Kingdom". The most important thing is how you can lead this dynasty and nation forward step by step, and eventually stand at the top of the world. This is not just about technology.
Above all, we must also educate the descendants of the Chinese nation ideologically.
In Li Xingchen's view, the reason why China suffered setbacks after experiencing the peak of "Celestial Kingdom" was mainly because China's rulers and people were not open-minded enough. They had high self-esteem and were unwilling to communicate with the outside world.
When communicating, it is naturally impossible to know the development of the outside world, but those few hundred years were the hundreds of years that changed the world.
In contrast, although the Tang Dynasty was also a peak period in Chinese history, people during that period actively communicated with foreign countries and absorbed excellent cultures from all over the world. If it were not for the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion, which caused internal and external troubles in the Tang Dynasty,
, from prosperity to decline, I am afraid this peak will last for a long time.
Tolerance and openness, these are the thoughts a true "Celestial Kingdom" should have, rather than thinking too highly of oneself.
When Gu Yewang and others were excited that China once again showed its appearance as a "heavenly kingdom", Li Xingchen, as the out-and-out leader of China, must also take precautions and make some preparations in advance. The great Han Dynasty is about to rise.
But we must also follow a stable and correct path. If a dynasty rises too fast and elevates its status too high, it will in turn ignore some of its own problems, which will eventually lead to the outbreak of internal troubles.
A powerful force is often not defeated by external enemies. When the Han Dynasty was in its heyday, no one could defeat it from north to south, east to west. However, it eventually fell apart due to the Yellow Turban Rebellion that broke out within itself; the Tang Dynasty was at its peak
At that time, the title of "Tian Khan" was enough to prove the dominance of the Tang Dynasty over the entire northern and western regions, but in the end it was defeated in the hands of An Lushan and Shi Siming. In any case, An Lushan was the Tang Dynasty himself.
official.
Play steadily and don't make a mistake at all.
But at least now, Li Xingchen can enjoy the joy of victory with his people.